To be fair, Byron was a regular at OU basketball games all season long. He was also often present in the locker room during pre and postgame. Clearly he has strong ties to Coach Groce, but I wouldn't expect him to be making many more trips to Athens with Groce now Illini-bound.

Michigan would have been serious B10 title contenders with Burke and McGary next year. With Burke gone and Smotrycz (among others) transferring, Beilein's squad -- and his job -- could be in trouble in a year.

So I lucked into some tickets into tomorrow's game. I also have to take the LSAT down on campus in the morning, wich means I'll have a few hours to kill before kickoff. Any hot tailgate spots I should know about?